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Finally home and had a chance to bake a loaf of bread.  We are really enjoying this particular blend of whole spelt and whole wheat along with a combination of nuts and/or seeds.  I decided to use walnuts, sesame and poppy seeds this time and I’m glad that I did, the flavour from these inclusions really enhance the flavour of this milk bread.

The past three months were non-bake months due to travel.  Coming home I had to refresh my 100% AP levain and did so from my healthy 75% hydration mixed flour levain.  3 or 4 builds within 24 hours was all it took to have a hearty levain to work with.

All posted by me before, and I pondered whether to even post these, but what the heck.  Here's what came out of my oven between Sunday and Wednesday.

 Somewhat Deli Rye w/caraway - way easier than a true deli rye and just as tasty.

750g x 2 batards.

Today's bake:  Le Pain du Soleil

Source:  Sourdough Recipes for Rustic Fermented Breads, Sweets, Savories, and More - Sarah Owens

Note:  Increased TDW  to 2@ 1.0kg/ea., Hydration from 77.27 to 81.09%  due to fresh milled flour.

Substitutions: Bloody Butcher corn for corn meal, toasted sesame seeds for black sesame seeds.

Today's bake: Scalded Rye Bread - Rzhannoye Chleb S Zavarku (Russia)

Source: The Rye Baker by Stanley Ginsberg

Note:Changed TDW from 1.744  kg to 2.900 kg. to accommodate a Pullman pan - 15.75"x4"x4"/40x10x10cm

Howdy folks!

A few months back while doing some genealogy research, I discovered that I was related to a miller in North Carolina- my 7th great grandfather was Thomas W. Lindley, founder of Lindley Mills. I hadn't heard of Lindley Mills before and was super eager to try out their flour. I ordered 25lbs of bread flour and really liked it- it baked nicely, and I powered through a ton of it getting my chops up on the Ooni doing pizza. It's a great price, and affordable shipped to Atlanta from NC.

Just like they do it in New Orleans!

My shaping could have been tighter, for a more vertical oven spring.

Many thanks to Mr Leo Maurizio at the Perfect loaf for another great formula. Formula link below.

Maurizio Traditional Sicililano sourdough semolina bread

I've been a long time lurker on this forum. I started baking back in 2018, getting really into rustic/lean breads (I made the Bouabsa Baguette 3 times a week during the early COVID days), and over the last year have expanded into more adventurous flavors and pizza's. This forum is such an amazing treasure trove of experience, and you guys have taught me so much over the last 5 years, so I figured I'd share this here. 

Love these ciabatta with stiff biga, used as sandwich rolls. Each roll is its own mini-ciabatta! Hamelman formula but with bassinage coil folds by hand. Great with ham or cheese.

Ciabattini: 6 X 90-100g. 

We are visiting family in Newfoundland for 1.5 weeks now and I wanted to bring a loaf of bread for my brother in law.  The bread had to travel well and stay fresh for a while.  A lot of people seem to enjoy a nutty seedy loaf so decided to make a milk bread.  I had sunflowers, pumpkin seeds and walnuts and wanted to amp up the walnut flavour again by adding toast walnut oil.  Not everyone likes a 100% wholegrain loaf so I decided to use whole wheat for all the levain and tangzhong and the rest of the dough would be bread flour.